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Squawroot

Either of two unrelated plants from eastern North America:

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    Either of two unrelated plants from eastern North America:

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blue cohoshnounA perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.
caulophyllum thalictroidesCaulophyllum thalictroides, the blue cohosh, is a species of flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family.
blueberry rootnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
squaw rootnounAlternative form of squawroot. [Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:]
papoose rootnounSynonym of blue cohosh.
papooserootnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
caulophyllum thalictrioidesnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

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papoose rootnounSynonym of blue cohosh.
blue cohoshnounA perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.
squaw rootnounAlternative form of squawroot. [Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:]
blueberry rootnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
caulophyllum thalictrioidesnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
caulophyllum thalictroidesCaulophyllum thalictroides, the blue cohosh, is a species of flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family.
papooserootnountall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
squaw weednounAlternative form of squawweed. [Any of several species of plants of North America:]
squawbushnounThe shrub Rhus trilobata.
squawweednounAny of several species of plants of North America:
squawvinenounAlternative form of squaw vine. [The partridge berry, Mitchella repens.]
squaw berrynounAlternative form of squawberry. [The bearberry.]
squawmintnounAlternative form of squaw mint. [Hedeoma pulegioides, the American pennyroyal.]
squaw teanoun(now offensive) A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
breadroot scurfpeanounSynonym of prairie turnip.
redrootnounAny of several plants with red roots, such as the New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), the gromwell (Lithospermum arvense), the bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and Lachnanthes caroliniana.
crosswortnounCrucianella stylosa, an ornamental plant.
squaw mintnounHedeoma pulegioides, the American pennyroyal.
arrowweednounPluchea sericea, a North American shrub.
quincewortnounsquinancywort

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